Re: Affecting Institutional Change (Yeah Right)
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On 05/08/07 23:29, Amy Templeton wrote:
> Andrew Sackville-West wrote:
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>
>> maybe you should educate them a little bit? A fem in the LUG
>> would have serious impact. I'm sure you could sway policy any ol'
>> way you wanted...
>
> Haha...flattering as that is, I doubt they'd be that easily swayed.
> Also, if they were...I'd hate it to be because of hormones rather
> than what I have to say.
So young, so naive.
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>>> (I occasionally do try to increase the ranks of women GNU/Linux
>>> users in particular, since I'm the only one I know in real
>>> life),
>
>> my wife uses debian. Of course, she doesn't really know what it
>> is, but then again, she uses it and is happy! So's my mom too.
>> And no, I don't live in the basement. In fact she's using
>> u*&^*^$tu on a power pc mac and hasn't needed any tech support in
>> a good solid year. So you're not alone.
>
>> Oh yeah! My *three* daughters use debian too. And they love it
>> because I told them to do whatever they want cause they can't
>> break it.
>
> *Claps hands in nerdly excitement*! That's good news. A few people
> I know have been scared off by the "boys' club" reputation that has
> for some reason grown up around this stuff, and so it's good that
> that's breaking down. There's room for everyone!
You're missing the point. His relative aren't Using Linux, they are
using a *tool*.
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Ron Johnson, Jr.
Jefferson LA USA
Give a man a fish, and he eats for a day.
Hit him with a fish, and he goes away for good!
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